哀あい惜せき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

deep grief; sorrow; mourning

A somewhat literary word for deep sorrow or mourning, often for a person's death or a great loss. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to mourn deeply'.

• 友ゆう人じんの死しを哀あい惜せきして、彼かれは長ながい詩しを書かいた。

  Mourning his friend's death, he wrote a long poem.

• その知しらせに、人ひと々びとは深ふかい哀あい惜せきの念ねんを抱いだいた。

  At the news, people felt a deep sense of grief.